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Cox, her husband, and her granddaughters. Chester, now about thirty years old, had been pardoned because of late evidence in his favour, when a five- year term for burglary was but one quarter served, but in his old father's eyes a jailbird was a jailbird, and Chester was still in some mysterious way to blame. Mrs.
So to-morrow you will let him know, my lad, that his granddaughters are arrived. In the mean time, children," added the soldier, to Rose and Blanche, "my good wife will give you her bed and you must put up with the chances of war. Poor things! they will not be worse off here than they were on the journey." "You know we shall always be well off with you and madame," said Rose.
But the pretty English maidens whom we met on the day of our visit to Wilton, daughters or granddaughters of a famous inventor and engineer, still lingered as vague and pleasing visions, so lovely had they seemed among the daisies and primroses.
As dowager lady Shih is so fondly attached to her granddaughters, they come, for the most part, over to their grandmother's place to prosecute their studies together, and each one of these girls is, I hear, without a fault." But how is it that the Chia family have likewise fallen into this common practice?" "Not so!" ventured Tzu-h'sing.
'Her letters tell me of nothing but gowns and parties; and Georgina Kirkbank can only expatiate upon Mr. Smithson's wealth, and the grand position he is going to occupy by-and-by. I should like to see both my granddaughters married before I die yes, I should like to see Lesbia's fate secure, if she were to be only Lady Lesbia Smithson.
There were ten in his party; and when the coffin had been carried out to the grave, the two granddaughters of the old man opened the simple service by singing very impressively the first three verses of the Portuguese Hymn. I had heard the old hymn sung often before, but the impression of the last verse rang in my ears for days afterward.
It was rather a trial of patience, but Beatrice was used to it, and Henrietta was in a temper to be pleased with anything. At last the inspection was concluded, and Mr. Langford came to his granddaughters, leaving his two sons to finish their last words with Martin. "Well, young ladies," said he, "this is fine drilling, in patience at least.
He would do better than that for Jacqueline, and as his majesty Henry IV. had honoured him with special marks of his favour, he had no doubt that the king would grant an abbey to each of his granddaughters. When the plan was told to madame Arnauld, she listened with dismay.
His coats were different again; his manner was more eccentric than ever. His hair helped him a little, for it really grew quite white. He asked Mercedes now to call him father. "Jamie is posing as a patriarch," said Mr. Bowdoin; he smiled, and then he sighed. Old Mr. Bowdoin did not forget his promise to have his granddaughters call upon Mercedes.
The Countess Waldersee was there, in simple apparel, helping to pass the tea and abundant cakes and sandwiches, as were also two granddaughters of Chevalier Bunsen, and other representatives of honorable and noble Christian families.
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